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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:26 pm
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Wow, it's like some people don't want to see a robot girl as a metaphor for the unrealistic and destructive expectations society has on women, and are making it a point to try and take it as literally as possible so they can pretend they don't get it.
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Because it got lost in the swampy mess that has been the thread, I'll try to say this one more time, to make sure I'm expressing it clearly.
I think that the fembots have the potential to love, as well as other emotions, and that they probably have a very human-like "OS" and hardware that constitutes their personhood. On top of that, there is a protocol programmed to direct their choices, what they do with that personhood, towards a particular end: the pleasure protocol. A protocol is a set of rules or guidelines. They were behavioral rules programmed into the bots to control their behavior, not necessarily that define the bots. Sort of a prime directive. It is that particular protocol that I say is not love, because it is, essentially, conditioned and commanded behavior. That is not to say the bots cannot love, but if they do, it will be aside from (perhaps in spite of) the protocol, and would have to be given a chance to develop, again, in spite of the protocol.
Botsy's protocol was "supplanted," forcefully/subversively replaced or overwritten, by her rage, again a powerful metaphor. Most feminist awakenings do involve a good amount of anger, sometimes as a trigger, usually (also) as a part of the awakening. As Gloria Steinem herself said, "the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." There is a lot to be angry about, and anger can be a powerful catalyst in making change, especially internally, if you manage it. (Botsy clearly needs some help there.)
I find it equally probable that love could develop powerfully in spite of the protocol, if it were given a chance, but there would definitely be additional complications there, because the protocol affects love-like behavior, and there would be, shall we say, cross-contamination and overlap. The protocol may make it difficult to tell if it is love motivating certain behaviors, and also direct expressions of love that might be less than authentic, because of how the protocol defines love-like behavior, even if there is real love behind it.
Because real life is like that, though in much less black-and-white terms. Conditioning and real love will overlap and cross wires in terms of both motivation and expression. Conditioning/brainwashing is still not real love, but its existence does not preclude real love, nor prove that real love does not also exist. It would be a rare person who was not operating on some combination of the two, in varying degrees of balance. None of us is free of social conditioning.
I do think that real love has the ability to grow under, around, in spite of, and even break through it, if given the chance, and work continually towards a truer balance between both motivation and expression being entirely genuine.
I also think that some people are not given that chance, or that it might take longer, or will have more conditioning to break through, and the conditioning will sadly be overbalanced against the real love, or interfere strongly with real love motivating the love behaviors even where it exists. This is part of life, especially where heavily gendered expectations affect relationships between people. That's part of why gender expectations suck. They get in the way of real relationships, and are often something people have to either work through, or get along in spite of. Doesn't mean the love is not there, but doesn't mean the conditioning isn't there either, and that's something for everyone, relationships and individuals, to figure out on an individual basis.
: conditioning is not love, but they are not mutually exclusive, and instead exist in a muddled tangle. We do the best we can. Getting rid of stupid gender roles and inauthentic romantic social expectations would help make it less of a tangle, and let more real love motivate more genuine expression.
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I think, and this is actually a genuine sentiment, that the robot cartoon show as naive and direct feminist struggle metaphor should be easy to get and easy to reject.
Someone like Rothide probably needs to step out of the thread and read Solaris or if that's too hard for them I guess they could watch blade runner for a different but still applicable lesson.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:25 am
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Because Tat is already portraying women in a varied manner, it is fine for him to represent a few women as robots and explore their lives.
this is what i am trying to work out about the fembot storyline. because if fembots are just robots, i don't really care too much about them. if fembots are a way of looking at women, then i'm interested...but i'm not always sure how they are reflecting women.
like in this case. we have an entity that functions entirely on programming. it behaves in an "affectionate" way towards its owner, because that is how it is programmed, not because it actually feels affectionate. so, similarly, the "supportive mode" (panel 13) is entered not because it feels empathy or a need to be supportive, but because its programming tells it that this is the appropriate thing to do. but it doesn't work - and in this case, i think it doesn't work because the man realizes that what he is getting is just programmed responses, not genuine emotion. and he disassembles it, because it isn't, and can't be, emotionally "real", and so can't fill his need for an emotional response.
now, i can draw a parallel with women who grow up believing that they exist to be partnered with a man, that they need to learn how to please men, that their "function" is to serve men. and they grow up and get married, not because they are in love with a man, but because that is what is expected of them. and they behave as they have been trained to behave, not because it is emotionally satisfying, but because that is what they are supposed to do.
but then if i keep following this line of thought, the woman is going to come up against a day when her man realizes that she doesn't actually love him, she is just going through the motions. and he rejects her.
admittedly, in RealLife he wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) disassemble her...but what would you have him do? he's been duped into spending his life with someone who doesn't genuinely care about him. but it's not her fault she has just done what she has been {trained/programmed} to do - but then what are her options?
our man in sinfest should have understood that he was buying something that would never really love him - but what about real-world men? are they supposed to just assume women don't or can't really love them (but just look at what we say about the men who do believe that!)
if the 'bot really doesn't feel emotions, but only shows programmed reactions, disassembling it because it no longer serves its purpose is no worse (morally) than disassembling an out-of-date computer. it would not be morally wrong to take a hammer to either one. because they are just things, with no real feelings.
the only justification for our fembot's rage is that the disassembled 'bot does feel emotions, and is emotionally hurt by being disassembled...but we have already said the "love" she showed was just programming, which means the only emotion she can truly feel is fear and pain. but that's not the case with humans - at least, not the ones who haven't been severely abused.
i guess i'm not real clear on how tat wants me to react to this. if he is saying "this is woman's lot, you are trained to please men but the only emotion you are able to experience is to fear them"....then as a woman, i'm a bit insulted, because i'm _not_ a robot; i am not unfeeling clay in someone else's hands. if he is saying "inside this thing molded to society's expectations, there is a genuine feeling being that can love as well as fear", then the 'bot could learn to love, her sympathy was genuine, and her destruction is a crime...but what does that say about the relationship, which was based on her being purchased, as an object? she still has no control of who she will love, just the luck of the draw on what the person who buys her is like.
what is tat saying about women, here? or men, for that matter?
I admit I was sort of thinking along the same path, but... given that my posting as such might be seen as defending Crayven (Since they're SLIGHTLY SIMILLAR, in that I'd also be going "Wait but this girls as robots metaphor has issues given the way we've been previously presented it in the comic, and the way the sisterhood has reacted to people interacting with them"), I figured I might be attacked for being dude-bro-ish or what-have-you, so... I sort of shut up, swallowed it, and mostly focused on Sam's referencing an awesome game series.
Plus you said it more eloquently than I think I could have anyways (alibiet with a slightly different perspective-obviously, the 'as a women' parts don't apply to me. Er. Since I'm not one. XD)
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I didn't mean to say the metaphor make complete sense. My feeling is Tat's work would benefit from more focus. I'd love to figure out exactly what he means to say.
I was responding to the idea that portraying a mass produced fembot automatically means all women are being portrayed as robots. That by itself is not bad.
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Wow, it's like some people don't want to see a robot girl as a metaphor for the unrealistic and destructive expectations society has on women
i'm very aware of the unrealistic and destructive expectations society has on women. i'm also aware that, while women can internalize these things, they still retain free will. which is something a robot, pretty much by definition, can't have.
i think the devil girls are a better metaphor. they, too, are fitting expectations of women as sex-objects, they also are subject to societal disapproval for fitting into those expectations (because they are sexy, so they are also sluts! sluts bad! punish the bad sluts!). but we know the devil girls are also capable of feelings and emotions, that they can evaluate the situation they are in and make changes.
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Plus, some of the ways the robots have been portrayed/used somewhat.. confuses the free will issue.
Curly, after all, 'supplanted their programing'. Not gave them free will. Not gave them more information to make better choices with. Nor did Curly really seem concerned with telling the robots to *escape*-just make them angry. It sort of feels like it was, perhaps to Curly, just another one of her anti-devilcorp sabotage runs. (This does not mean RAR SISTERHOOD ARE EVIL AND TEH REAL BADGUYS, even if that *was* what Curly was doing. If this is where Tats is going, it would be *INTERESTING* if the sisterhood also doesn't/didn't 'realize' the robots were real people, but... then we're delving into "What is the measure of a nonhuman", and Tats currently seems more interested in other themes.)
I'm not sure even the *sisterhood* sees the bots as 'real' people (if they did.. why would they assume any bot that was in a relationship was a 'fake' realtionship? For all they know, it could be one whose programming they changed, and decided it still wanted a relationship.) I think they may view the 'bots the same way they view the drones, in a sense: Tools that are being used to further the patriarchy? ((We, the audience, know better, but we also know the drones can have distinct personalities, and aren't necessarily just mindless spythings. Which really makes the 'fixing' of the zenbopped drones by devilcorp all the more horrifying and downright *EVIL*, when you think of it...))
I'm probably overthinking, honestly, it's a bad habit I have. It just sort of feels like... metaphors are being mixed and used and changed on the fly. "And if we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
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How do you know Curly's intention was for the fembots to just make them angry? She disrupted the programming of the dudebros coming out of the dudebro factory; do you think she intended for them to suddenly try to suddenly rage and then be shot?
Maybe free will isn't even something Tat is concentrating on with the fembots, then? Since this bot was seen switching to autopilot mode, then maybe this is supposed to be the logical conclusion reached when something is perfectly programmed to respond in socially appropriate ways - except without the omission of grisly details.
Rage like what this fembot and those who Curly gave new information to might have been reserved for protecting an owner. Maybe the fembots were also meant to do some surveillance work, and could have been used to hold or bring to justice any dudes who stepped out of line. Maybe if the fembots see a man who doesn't live up to the ideal that men in the patriarchy are supposed to have, they bolt or kill or whatever. Maybe this rogue fembot has had the devotion reserved for her owner replaced by devotion to other fembots.
I wonder how many people in the cult of masculism have bought fembots.
I also wonder if some of the dudebros of Sinfest are not simply robots. Since there is also a Dudebro factory. Except no one is buying them, but D-Man could have them released unto the populace at large. Maybe all of Sinfest land except for our principle characters are robots, and the main characters are all living in some elaborate Truman Show construct.
Oh and it's all done by God, who manipulated D-man into doing this so that God could have entertainment to watch.
yup, I figured it all out.
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Jody wrote:
Wow, it's like some people don't want to see a robot girl as a metaphor for the unrealistic and destructive expectations society has on women
i'm very aware of the unrealistic and destructive expectations society has on women. i'm also aware that, while women can internalize these things, they still retain free will. which is something a robot, pretty much by definition, can't have.
i think the devil girls are a better metaphor. they, too, are fitting expectations of women as sex-objects, they also are subject to societal disapproval for fitting into those expectations (because they are sexy, so they are also sluts! sluts bad! punish the bad sluts!). but we know the devil girls are also capable of feelings and emotions, that they can evaluate the situation they are in and make changes.
yeah it's like the one particularly relevant criticism I think I get the most traction from in regards to sinfest's fembot analogies is that they are so artificial in terms of presenting moral issues that honestly they stop being applicable to real life feminist issues in an academically presentable way
but then again for each attempt at what i would consider a legitimate criticism of these pastiches, we get something like ten pages of, say, this thread, so
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# emerge -av dev-db/postgresql-server [ebuild N ] dev-db/postgresql-docs-9.0.3 0 kB [ebuild N ]dev-db/postgresql-base-9.0.3 USE="doc nls pam readline ssl zlib -kerberos -ldap -pg_legacytimestamp -threads" LINGUAS="-af -cs -de -es -fa -fr -hr -hu -it -ko -nb -pl -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -tr -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-db/postgresql-server-9.0.3 USE="doc nls perl python -pg_legacytimestamp (-selinux) -tcl -uuid -xml" LINGUAS="-af -cs -de -es -fa -fr -hr -hu -it -ko -nb -pl -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -tr -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB
You may receive a notice regarding that any of the above packages are blocked by
any or all of the following packages: dev-db/postgresql-libs,
dev-db/postgresql-client, dev-db/libpq or dev-db/postgresql. These packages are
not maintained and obsoleted. Refer to the section on
Once the packages have finished emerging, you may want to edit
In the following example,
# Location of configuration filesPGDATA="/etc/postgresql-9.0/" # Where the data directory is located/to be createdDATA_DIR="/var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data" # Additional options to pass to initdb. # See 'man initdb' for available options.PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8"
There are six locale options that can be set to override
So, if you would like the default to be English, but you want messages in, say,
Swedish, then your
PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8 --lc-messages=sv_SE.UTF-8"
A complete list of language and character encodings supported by the server can
be found in the documentation, but your system must also support the respective
languages and character encodings. Compare the output of
You can change your locale and encoding selections at database
# emerge --config dev-db/postgresql-server:9.0
This will create the database cluster and store all the related server files
This time the focus is upon the files in the
This is the main configuration file. The line that you may find of immediate
interest is
Of secondary interest is the logging destination. By default, everything is
logged to
Other than
# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections onlylocal all all trust # IPv4 local connections:host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust # IPv6 local connections:host all all ::1/128 trust
As has been mentioned before, by default the server is secure. Kind of. There is
only one database role that is available for log in by default:
To make a connection through the Unix socket, however, the users —
including the users for other services such as
The two methods you will most likely use are:
At this point, this author would like to bring your attention to the last two
lines, four lines including comments, of the
There seems to be some misunderstanding, though, as to how host names are mapped
to IP addresses. Let us take a look at the
# IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost
From the example above you can see that both an IPv4 and an IPv6 IP address are
mapped to localhost. When
So, it is better to specify IP addresses alone to
Now start PostgreSQL and set the password for the database superuser
(Change 'trust' to 'password' for the localhost connections.)# nano -w /etc/postgresql-9.0/pg_hba.conf # /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 start postgresql-9.0 | * Starting PostgreSQL ... [ ok ] (Open a connection to the server and set the password.)# psql -U postgres psql (9.0.3) Type "help" for help. postgres=# \password Enter new password: Enter it again: postgres=# \q (Change 'trust' to 'password' for the local connection.)# nano -w /etc/postgresql-9.0/pg_hba.conf # /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 reload postgresql-9.0 | * Reloading PostgreSQL configuration ... [ ok ] # rc-update add postgresql-9.0 default * service postgresql-9.0 added to runlevel default
At this point you are ready to continue on with the official
There are only two reasons you would need to perform a migration: When moving
from one major version to another,
However, there are two caveats with using pg_upgrade. Firstly, it does not
support configuration files being in a different directory than where the data
is stored. This can be resolved by using symbolic links. Lastly, you can only
use it to migrate from a database from 8.3 or newer. If you have an older
database you will need to follow the
(Stop the servers you're going to migrate from and to.)# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 stop # /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 stop # ln -s /etc/postgresql-8.4/*.conf /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/ # ln -s /etc/postgresql-9.0/*.conf /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data/ (Change the method of database user 'postgres' to trust on local connections on all databases.)# nano -w /etc/postgresql-8.4/pg_hba.conf # nano -w /etc/postgresql-9.0/pg_hba.conf You may need to change the permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/' before you perform the next step.# su - postgres $ pg_upgrade -u postgres \ -d /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data \ -b /usr/lib/postgresql-8.4/bin -B /usr/lib/postgresql-9.0/bin (Perform the tasks pg_upgrade tells you to do , if any.)$ logout (Remove the symbolic links we created earlier.)# rm /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/*.conf # rm /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data/*.conf # /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 start
Because the new ebuilds feature a more advanced slotting method than the previous ones, the downtime is quite minimal, most likely minutes rather than hours.
In the following examples, it is assumed that you are using the default locations and port settings, and that you are migrating from 8.3 to 8.4. Adjust accordingly if you have deviated from the default.
If you have not already done so, follow the
A couple of files need to be tweaked before beginning the migration. Edit
Next, edit
# cp -p /etc/postgresql-8.3/pg_hba.conf /etc/postgresql-8.4/
(The following should be safe. Read the documentation to be sure.)# cp -p /etc/postgresql-8.3/postgresql.conf /etc/postgresql-8.4/ (Don't forget to copy over any other configuration files that you may need.)# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 reload # /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start (Begin piping the data from the old cluster to the new cluster.)# pg_dumpall -U postgres -p 5432 | psql -U postgres -d postgres -p 6543 # /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop # /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 stop (Edit PGPORT back to 5432.)# nano -w /etc/conf.d/postgresql-8.4 (Allow users access once more.)# nano -w /etc/postgresql-8.4/pg_hba.conf # /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start # rc-update del postgresql-8.3 && rc-update add postgresql-8.4 default
Hopefully everything went according to plan and you have a successfully updated server that contains precisely the same data, bit for bit, as the old server.
You will need to schedule some downtime for your server. The old ebuilds cannot be installed at the same time as the new ebuilds. As such, assume that the server will have to be down for a few hours. Maybe for the weekend, even.
Before starting, you will need to deny access to the server, so that no changes
are made. You may also want to backup your
# pg_dumpall -U postgres > backup_file # /etc/init.d/postgresql stop # emerge -C dev-db/postgresql dev-db/libpq dev-db/postgresql-client \ dev-db/postgresql-client
(Follow the steps detailed in this article for installing and configuring the server.)# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start # psql -f backup_file postgres
You may break some packages that were built against those packages, but once you
have installed dev-db/postgresql-base and/or dev-db/postgresql-server you can
This problem is easy to solve. What is difficult about it is finding the
answer. What is required is an import from a file that already exists on the
storage drive:
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You know I had an abruption of the placenta at 17 weeks pregnant, and I told them I planned on carrying my pregnancy through unless as long as it was the baby at harm and not my self. I would deal with problems with the child.
However I had another child who needed a mother. If my daughter had been born and I died, I would have had 2 children who needed a mother, I would have left my whole family my husband, siblings, god children, all of the things and people that make my life have a connection to this world, to allow a child to be born? A child who didn't have a connection?
Yes Life is a very special and beautiful thing and I love both of my children with everything that I am, however let me tell ya something, My life is the one that has the connections here, and my life is just as beautiful as an unborn fetus, if it is going to kill me.
Yes I trust doctors, and at the point they tell me it will kill me is the point I let them take over and do what needs to be done so that I can be here for my family..
I was willing to do anything to save my daughter but if they ever said it is you are the baby, I would have said take the baby, my other child needs me.. IF you think that makes me selfish ask my husband and my mother, and my sister, and my son how they feel about that.. See I am not the only one who was making that decision. I am not the only one whos feelings and emotions had to be considered there.
That was the decision, and honestly Joli, I am glad that mothers who are put in that position even in the third trimester has the right to make that decision. I don't like abortion either, however sometimes it is the only way that it keeps the one with an established life here.
My husband and my mother were very quick to point out to me that I was selfish for putting the unborn baby first if I did over myself. Due to the fact that I would be leaving 2 kids behind. I am grateful it never came to that decision and I think it was due to me and following orders of my doctors that it didn't.
But it was certainly something we were told to consider because if this went wrong or that went wrong, it could have caused many different scenarios.
Your story brought a tear to my eye, Jennifer. Thanks for relating it.
I don't know any person or group that is advocating on-demand 3rd trimester abortions for non-medical reasons. When it becomes a question of risking the mother's life that must be a decision made by the mother herself. An analogy that I saw once that really brought this home to me was that of an organ donation. Suppose your child needed a vital organ and the only donor who could be found in time to save their life was the child's mother. Would it be fair if the law said the mother has no choice in the matter and must give up her life in order to save the child?
I'm glad it didn't come to that for you but I think your decision was the right one.
Debates on late abortions are strictly a consequence of pro-lifers making a dent in abortion access... A first dent, leading to a second, a third, etc, until access to abortion is once again eroded. We are already on this path.
All abortions need to be at the request of the mother, no other being has any right deciding. A foetus is born when it is damn ready to be born, through various biochemical readiness signals, such as surfactant formation in the lungs.
No date before natural birth date, 9 months, give or take a week, is of any relevance. Premies are long term problems, their average health is lower than the rest of the population. Biologically viable and laboratory viable are two different ideas.
A woman's body does not suddenly not become her own to manage just because a foetus has become survivable by doctors. Anyone advocating against late term pregnancies should be forced to themselves rear those babies born under duress.
Thank you for that story Jennifer. Sorry for your loss. A note on the second to last paragraph, there are many people who would say you were or would have been selfish no matter which path you chose. In the end, when it's your life or the life of your unborn child in the balance, that is your choice to make, and no one should be able to judge you on that.


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Samuel (Sam) T. Rivera
Samuel (Sam) T. Rivera, age 77, of Sweetwater, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Nolan Nursing and Rehab. A rosary will be held 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel, recited by Johnny Cave. Holy Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Rev. Charles Okonkwo officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories with Nolan County Honor Guard. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.Sam was born on December 2, 1934 in King Fisher, Oklahoma to Jose and Elena (Torres) Rivera. He married Luz Saldivar on August 18, l956 in Sweetwater, Texas. He owned and operated Sam's Paint and Body Shop for thirty-seven years before retiring. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a lifetime resident of Sweetwater, Texas. He is survived by his wife Luz Rivera of Sweetwater, Texas; three sons, Rodney Rivera and wife Rachel, Jerry Rivera, and Lance Rivera, daughter-in-law, Kelli J. Rivera, all of Sweetwater; two brothers, Cruz Rivera of Sweetwater, and Richard Rivera of Portales, New Mexico; one sister, Pat Quirino and husband Lee of Arlington, Texas; eleven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and aunts, Victoria Abalos and Juanita Vasquez, both of Sweetwater, Texas; uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jose and Elena Rivera, and son, Ricky Rivera. Pallbearers will be Brett Rivera, Louis Torres, Ronnie Torres, Freddie Saldivar, Raymond Saldivar and Rito Ramon.


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Nicholas has a detailed understanding of many aspects of price control regulation, particularly as applied to monopoly utility companies in the UK. He has expertise in the UK and EU competition law on abuse of a dominant position. He also provides analysis on the way in which economic regulation, and publicly-funded services such as the BBC, may affect competition. He has strong capabilities in quantitative and statistical analysis.
Nicholas has managed consultancy projects for both public sector and private sector clients. He has also contributed to a number of economics research projects for the European Commission.
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Empty Nest - Writer thinks about 'We the people'
By Curt Swarm
With the slaughter of innocent school children at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the almost daily acts of gun violence in the United States, I would like to offer up some thoughts, not that they will do any good, but here they are anyway.
Fault is always looked for. It is not the fault of an overabundance of weaponry in the United States, it is not the fault of the NRA, it is not the fault of gun manufacturers, it is not the fault of the government, it is not the fault of violence in our entertainment industry, it is not the fault of our news-hungry media, and it is not the fault of our mental health system. We the people are to blame.
Knowing the vulnerability of an unarmed citizenry, it was we the people who wrote the constitution allowing for the bearing of arms, and it is we the people who insist upon a loose definition of that second amendment right. Thus, we have an overabundance of guns in the United States.
It is we the people who support the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA is one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington DC and is responsible for almost paralyzing politicians with fear of voting against gun rights—once again reflecting the will of the people.
It is we the people who support gun manufacturers. If it were not for the crazed obsession of the people wanting every kind of conceivable weapon, the gun manufacturers would be out of business. It's a simple principle of supply and demand.
It is we the people who elect politicians who support the will of the people. Gun rights was hardly an issue in the last election. The topic was considered too divisive. It was the economy and jobs that were the hot buttons, followed by health care, foreign relations, immigration, environmental issues, gay rights, etc.
It is we the people who crave violence from the media. Violence sells movie tickets, books, and video games. If the demand for touchy-feely love fluff was higher than for violence, then that's what the media would put out. Once again, supply and demand. By the way, it was the will of the people who forced the movie industry to curtail the display of cigarette smoking on the big screen. The same could occur with scenes of violence.
It is we the people who demand sensational news stories from the news media, thus the 24-hour news outlets were born, creating an even greater need for hyped-up reporting. The news piranhas would not be there if it weren't us bottom feeders.
It is we the people who underfund a mental health system that is in shambles. Every state does their own thing with very little centralized coordination. Hint: it's probably not a good time to cut funding for mental health.
So what's the solution? When it comes to protecting our children, the will of the people is changing pretty fast. When we the people cry, "Enough is enough! There are too many guns on the street. There is too much violence in the media. Our mental health system is in shambles." Then that's when the politicians and courts will respond. But it all takes time. At least we have a political system that responds to the will of the people.
In the mean time, it is the responsibility of the president of the United States to protect the people. I hate to say it, but to insure the safety of our children in schools, the NRA is probably right. We need armed guards in the schools. Stop the act of violence first, then work on the solution.
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To start a GSA, students need a faculty advisor (typically a teacher, staff member, counselor, librarian, or nurse) who is supportive or has already shown him or herself to be an ally around sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination issues at school. To keep a GSA going, advisors offer continuity from year to year, as student leadership often changes.
As an adult in a school, the advisor has the ability to communicate with and educate other faculty and administrators. Having faculty and administrators as advocates helps students feel safe, supported, and empowered. Adult allies can help other adults learn to respect young people's rights to be treated fairly, to express themselves, and to form GSA clubs.
GLSEN's "Advice from GSA Advisors"
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[2] https://gsanetwork.org/resources/legal-resources
[3] http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/466.html
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Bonura steps in as interim SWCID provost
Longtime friend and supporter of SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf, Dominick "Dom" Bonura, will be stepping in as the interim provost at the SWCID campus effective immediately.
Bonura will be taking the reigns from current Provost Dr. Mark Myers as Myers begins his search for new career opportunities with plans to return closer to his family by the fall of 2012, if not sooner. While Myers stays on the HC campus he will work in the position of development officer for the SWCID campus to pursue some fund-raising efforts relative to specific projects as well as finish some tasks relative to advancement of the institution with federal and state funding agencies.
"As Mark pursues new career opportunities for himself, he will be solidifying some projects already under way and I have asked Dom Bonura to return to our SWCID campus to provide interim leadership," said Dr. Cheryl T. Sparks, Howard College president. "Dom knows and loves SWCID and I am confident that he can lead us through this time of transition with the support from our SWCID faculty and students."
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The East Asia Speakers Series continues in 2014 with its third lunch-time lecture, "Suing Polluters in China," offered by UC Berkeley Professor Rachel Stern on Tuesday Feb. 4 at UC Hastings College of the Law.
Professor Rachel Stern, one of the leading foreign experts on environmental activism and public interest law in China, will give a talk on environmental litigation in China. The event will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 in Room D of Snodgrass Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public; participants should feel free to bring their lunches.
Rachel Stern is an assistant professor of law and political science at UC Berkeley. Her research explores the relationship between law, power, social change and globalization, particularly in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Her recent work focuses on the role courts play in authoritarian states as well as the political dynamics surrounding environmental regulation and activism in China.
Her first book, "Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence" was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, the book unravels how everyday justice works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases and how international influence matters. It is an account of how the leadership's mixed signals and political ambivalence play out on the ground--propelling some to action, even as others back away from risk.
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The Pancake Bot (PB) is basically a 3 axis CNC made that uses the Z coordinate as the Pancake Batter Dispenser Control. This one just happens to be made out of LEGO.
The Pancake Bot is made up of the following parts:
2. A moveable bridge that holds one NXT motor on one side and has free rolling wheels on the other. The top of the bridge uses two tracks covered with gear racks that holds the Pancake Batter Dispenser Unit (BDU). The track allows for Y Axis Control.
3. A carrier gantry on top of the moveable bridge that rides on the gear racks and holds the PDU.
4. The PDU consists of two ketchup bottles cut in half and glued together so you have two open ends. This allows you to change the nozzle size on the bottom and allows for input of compressed air on top.
5. Compressed Air Dispersal Apparatus (CADA) consists of an NXT Motor, two Pneumatic Cylinders, a tank and a bi-directional flexible switch.
The bi-directional flexible switch allows for the switch to be flipped based upon which direction the NXT motor turns. If you notice in the video, on the close up of the motors turning, the cam is switching the flexible switch every time it rotates. In the initial turn, the switch is flipped and stops and then continues to flex out of the way of the rotating cam. When the motor turns the other way, the cam catches the switch, flips it back and changes the direction of the airflow. It continues to flex as the cam passes over it. This allows for air to be compressed when the motor turns clockwise, and then the air to be released when the motor turns counter-clockwise.
The reason I did this is because I only have 3NXT motors and needed to a way to change the direction of the air flow while at the same time, still compressing air.
I used the 8 tooth gear which with one rotation, moves 4 standard LEGO units.
Depending on the size of your electric griddle, you can calibrate how big you want your drawings.
A simple program in XL converts the LEGO units into degrees and outputs the text file.
The parts that are exposed to the heat of the griddle are covered with a sheet of aluminum foil during cooking. This reduces the chance of parts melting.
Making the batter.
The batter is made using Martha Stewart's Basic Pancake Recipe as the base. I sometimes add cinnamon or different berries for flavors or color.
Once the batter is made it goes through a strainer and all the clumps are removed. This makes the batter smooth and allows for continuous flow of the batter from the BDU.


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Mokhtar Dahari (1953 – 1991) was one of the iconic footballer's of the 1970s, and one of Malaysia's most legendary strikers. He became one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s. Mokhtar showed interest in playing football at an early age when his family moved to Kampung Pandan, Setapak at the age of 11. He played for his school and later for his home state, Selangor FA.
He was only nineteen years old when he first played for the Malaysia national football team in an international game. Mokhtar helped Selangor FA win the Malaysia Cup 10 times and scored 177 goals altogether. In international games, Internationally, he scored 125 goals in 167 appearances for the Malaysian team, including matches in the Asian Games, Pre Olympic Games and Pre World Cup.
He was nicknamed SuperMokh because of his playing skills, his strength and his ability to score many incredible goals throughout his career. The Merdeka Stadium was his second home amidst roars of "SuperMokh" from the young generation who worshipped him. Along with goalkeeper R Arumugam, defenders Santokh Singh and Soh Chin Aun, midfielders Reduan Abadullah and Shukor Salleh and Mokhtar's partner up front, Isa Bakar, the Selangor FA and Malaysia national football team were a force to be reckoned with in the 70′s.
One of Mokhtar's famous moment was when Mokhtar Dahari shook hands with Diego Maradona before a friendly game with Boca Juniors.
His first international appearance for Malaysia against Sri Lanka was in the 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament. Mokhtar won his 100th cap for the Malaysian national team when he played in a Merdeka Football Tournament match against Japan in 1976.
In 1975, Mokhtar represented the Malaysian national football team against English giants Arsenal F.C. Malaysia won 2-0, with Mokhtar scoring both goals. It was rumoured that he received an offer to play for the Gunners. He also famously scored a goal almost single-handedly, in a 1-1 draw against England's national team's B Team in 1978. Mokhtar has also donned the national colours more than 150 times, including the Asian Games, Pre-Olympic Games, Pre-World Cup, and Asian Cup finals among others.
In those years, Malaysian football was at its best and players like Mokhtar made the game an interesting watch. His mobility and speed, flexibility and the ability to unleash sudden powerful shots with both his feet enthralled supporters and fans. Crowds would gather at the Merdeka Stadium to watch this spectacular "Number 10" and it was not uncommon to hear roars of "Super Mokh" rippling through the crowd during a match.
After winning the Malaysia Cup for his home-state Selangor and being crowned the Best Player in the Merdeka Cup of 1986, Mokhtar decided to retire from his illustrious football career. He came out of retirement in January the following year to play one more season for Selangor FC, much to the delight of his fans.
Date of Birth: 13 November 1953
Place of Birth: Setapak, Selangor (Now in Kuala Lumpur)
Mother's Name: Aminah Binti Sharikan
Father;s Name: Dahari Abeng
Father's Occupation: lorry driver
Secondary School: Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
Wife's Name: Zarina Binti Ibrahim
Eldest daughter's name: Nur Azera Mohd Mokhtar
Eldest Son's Name: Mohd Reza Mohd Mokhtar
Youngest Daughter's Name: Nur Arina Mohd Mokhtar
Below are an exclusive interview session within The Seladang Editorial Board and "SuperMokh" at his home, on 1982
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"How did you get into V.I.?".
"It's a rather long story, but I'll cut it short. You see, I entered V.I. in Form One. It was 1966 then. I stayed there for about four years till 1970. Actually I never expected to go to V.I."
But since he was active in school sports in his primary days that was probably one of the reasons why he was selected.
As someone who enjoys sporting activities and who has wide interests, SuperMokh was not only in the V.I football team but also in its rugby team besides playing hockey, basketball and swimming for his House.
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"Life must have been fun, being a known figure in school?"
"No, not exactly. I wasn't really known at that time as there were other prominent personalities to compete against, like the school athletes, for example. Were we taken aback! But I got by. Fame never comes easy, as the saying goes."
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"Then how did you get into the limelight?"
"Well, that came only after I left school. It was during a trial play with the Selangor Junior Squad at the Piala Razak Tournament. Later, my manager, Mr M J Vincent, recommmended that I join the senior squad and from then everything started coming my way."
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"Was it then that you got into the Selangor team?"
"Yes it was. It was 1972. I'll always remember the year as it was during that year I was chosen for the Malaysia A Team after my splendid performance in Jakarta while in the B Team.
The Seladang Editorial Board:
What about your school days? What was the training like?".
"Well, the truth is that I was just an average player. My position was left wing striker. Even now I feel that the training methods of my school days were very raw. There weren't any qualified coaches at all. But Cikgu Othman Mohd Ali, our school coach, was really something. Though he taught us only from experience, he was very good. We were very disciplined and individual fitness was maintained. Sometimes we even had centralized training when we had to stay in the school!"
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"But the parents!. Didn't they ever object to all this?"
"Naturally. But they accepted it later on. They let nature take its course."
SuperMokh told The Seladang Editorial Board more about the V.I. besides sports, football and training. He remembered the prefects well enough to have vivid memories of them.
"They were a strict bunch. They even warned me for having my bicycle modified. I was sent to detention class, once or twice, I think, where I had to polish hinges. Well, that was swell enough for me!. My worse experience was when I failed two subjects and the report card given out on the same day that I was supposed to play against R.M.C. in the finals. But a couple of whacks from the Headmaster was enough to put some fire into my playing. We won the match as expected."
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"What about your most memorable experience? Could it be any better than your worse," we asked inquisitively.
"My most memorable experience was, of course, the solitary goal I helped to score in the 1970 Laxamana Cup against the MCKK. This is one more of the things I'll always remember.
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"Haven't you thought of coaching?" we asked.
"Coaching? Actually I was asked a few years back to coach the V.I. football team but because of my commitments and job, I'd rather leave it to Mr Rajasingam, who I personally think is very good."
The Seladang Editorial Board:
"Mokhtar, after all this talk about football and school, what about yourself? Do you mind telling us?"
"Of course not! For a start, I'm an Executive Officer at PKNS, I am the Selangor State Football Captain and also the National Football Captain. At times I think these are too much for me but I get by like I used to, thanks to my own strategies and to my wife, Tengku Zarina and her encouragement. There was one time when I was asked to play for some other countries but I turned down the offer. I like listening to sentimental tunes, especially those of Air Supply and The Alley Cats. Lastly I would like to say that I'm proud to be a Victorian and may it be wiser every day."
1972 - Jakarta Anniversary Tournament [Represented Malaysia for the first time]
1975 - Asian Games in Teheran [Bronze medal]
1975 - Friendly match with Arsenal FC, [Malaysia won 2-0, scored both goals]
1976 - Merdeka Football Tournament [Won 100th cap for Malaysia], Malaysia Cup [Champions]
1977 - Sportsman of the Year award
1979 - SEA Games, Jakarta [Gold medal]
1982 - Led Selangor FA in a friendly against Boca Juniors (captain: Diego Maradona)
Mokhtar began having throat problems and went to the hospital to find out what the problem was. Doctors diagnosed him as having Motor Neurone Disease (MND). According to his wife, his condition was told only to Mokhtar and his wife. Mohktar went to London with his wife in an attempt to cure his condition.
The press later claimed that Mokhtar was diagnosed with Muscular dystrophy, a rumour that convinced a lot of people.
After 3 years battling the disease, Mokhtar died at Subang Jaya Medical Centre. The press, believing that Mokhtar died of Muscular Dystrophy, reported Mokhtar's suffering from Muscular Dystrophy and his subsequent death. This caused a confusion about how he died.
His story and the cause of his death was later revealed for the first time in a documentary "The Untold Truth About Supermokh," on The National Geographic Channel on August 30, 2010, featuring Mokhtar's friends and family. It was confirmed that Mokhtar died at the age 37 of Motor neurone disease (Later to be revealed by Mokhtar's wife) at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) at 8:25 am on 11 July 1991. His body was laid to rest at Taman Keramat Permai Muslim Cemetery, Bukit Permai.
Source and picture courtesy of: Hall Of Fame, The Seladang and Wikipedia.
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Coming off a loss in their last game on New Year's Eve in Dallas, the Bruins started tonight's game in New Jersey by handing the Devils a power play on an unforced Johnny Boychuk delay-of-game penalty and then surrendering a man-advantage goal.
And that, folks, is what qualifies as a Bruins slump these days.
Boston scored the game's next six goals en route to a 6-1 win, as 11 different players recorded a point. Patrice Bergeron scored two goals, Milan Lucic recorded three assists and Dennis Seidenberg and David Krejci also enjoyed two-point nights.
Goaltender Tim Thomas snapped his losing streak at one with 30 saves.
The Bruins have now won eight of their last nine and haven't lost consecutive games since just before their recent seven-game winning streak. With a 25-10-1 record, the Bruins have proven that as long as the month isn't October, they're a consistent steamroller that can barely be slowed for more than a game at a time.
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Jay-Z proved to be the perfect neighbour during superstorm Sandy by purchasing a generator to provide electricity to his whole apartment building as power went out across downtown New York.
The Empire State of Mind hitmaker and his wife Beyonce live in a $7 million penthouse in Manhattan's trendy Tribeca district, but they were left in the dark last week (beg29Oct12) following an explosion at a local power plant.
Jay-Z took his wife and their baby daughter Blue Ivy to seek refuge in a luxury hotel uptown, but he didn't forget about his neighbours and purchased a huge generator to provide other residents in his block with a much-needed temporary power supply, according to the New York Post's Page Six column.
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Itching to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab? Samsung UK has just sent out a press release, indicating that the Galaxy Tab will be hitting store shelves in the UK on November 1st, only one month from today. The Android 2.2 tablet will be launching on all major UK networks and will also be prominently featured at electronic retailers across the country.
Pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab is still a bit of a mystery, but Samsung assures us that it will be widely available "on a range of attractive price packages, making it as widely accessible as possible to all consumers."
We're expecting a few more announcements like this from Samsung as they release launch details for the Galaxy Tab as it makes its way across Europe, Asia, and North America. The Samsung Galaxy Tab stands head and shoulders above the competition, but I can't say that I'm completely sold yet.
Are any of you willing to wait a bit longer to see what Gingerbread and Honeycomb will bring to the table? I know I am.Show Press Release
London, UK, October 1st, 2010 — Following last month's global launch at IFA, Samsung Mobile today announces the Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000), will be available in UK stores from Monday 1st November.
Android tablet device to hit the shops on 1st November 2010
Representing a new category of mobile products for the company, the Galaxy Tab features a 1GHz processor, Google's Android 2.2, Froyo operating system, a front facing camera for video calls and a 7-inch TFT-LCD display. It can be used for everything from watching films and TV, viewing pictures, reading e-books and sharing documents, to talking to friends and colleagues via voice and video call, e-mail, instant messaging, SMS/MMS or social networking.
The light (380g) weight of the Samsung Galaxy Tab means it is extremely portable, with its dimensions easy to grip and use, it is perfectly sized for life on the go. Supporting the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.1, the device allows people to quickly and easily surf and view pages on the internet.
The 'Readers Hub,' Samsung's unique e-reading application, provides easy access to a digital library, featuring everything from classical literature to the latest bestsellers and reference materials. In turn, films, videos and music are available via 'Media Hub' and 'Music Hub' applications, whilst all personal contact details, e-mail, calendar, social networking and instant messenger accounts, can be combined in the 'Social Hub'.
Simon Stanford, Managing Director, Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland said: "At Samsung we recognise consumers want to experience life without limits. The Samsung Galaxy Tab brings a very unique proposition to the tablet market and from 1st November, gives consumers the ultimate in connectivity and portability that they have been waiting for. It can be enjoyed by anyone – commuters, students, parents, businesses — who want to experience a complete range of entertainment, whether that be watching movies, listening to music, reading newspapers, or simply making a phone call plus much more besides."
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will be available in the UK across all major networks, key high street and out of town electrical retailers and online such as Carphone Warehouse, Dixons Store Group and T-Mobile. The Galaxy Tab will be available on a range of attractive price packages, making it as widely accessible as possible to all consumers.
For more information please visit www.samsung.com/uk/Galaxytab.


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Our Favorite Spooky Halloween Coloring Pages
Got a kid who loves a good scare? Featuring some of our staff favorites, this set celebrates the spookier side of Halloween. Get your little ghost or ghoul ready for All Hallows' Eve with some festive coloring pages, full of sinister jack-o'-lanterns, hungry zombies, and all kinds of creepy creatures! Bust out the crayons or coloring pencils, have your kid roll up his sleeves, and get ready for some frightful fun.Download All (12)
Click on a worksheet in the set below to see more info or download the PDF.
Color the Spooky GraveDownload Worksheet More info
Color the Crazy Jack-'o-LanternsDownload Worksheet More info
Ichabod Crane Coloring PageDownload Worksheet More info
Color a Spooky HouseDownload Worksheet More info
Pumpkin HeadDownload Worksheet More info
Screaming BansheeDownload Worksheet More info
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